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Jon Marcus

Jon Marcus writes and edits stories about, and helps plan coverage of, higher education. A former magazine editor, he has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wired, Medium.com and the Times (U.K.) Higher Education magazine, among others. His work has been honored by the National Headliner Awards, Mirror Awards, National Awards for Education Reporting, City and Regional Magazine Association, Deadline Club of New York City and others. Marcus holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, attended Oxford University, and teaches journalism at Boston College and Northeastern University.

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Posted inHigher Education

Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers?

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Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Rankings exodus raises the question: How should consumers pick a college?

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Posted inHigher Education

Some people going into the trades wonder why their classmates stick with college

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Posted inHigher Education

Bachelor’s degree dreams of community college students get stymied by red tape — and it’s getting worse

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Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Unusual majors help some colleges stand out from the crowd — and boost enrollment

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Posted inRural Education

Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 15, 2022April 7, 2023
Posted inNews

As enrollment falls and public skepticism grows, some colleges are cutting their prices

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Posted inHigher Education

Struggling small colleges are joining the ‘sharing economy’ — teaming up to share courses and majors

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Posted inHigher Education

What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

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